"Munaf is spinning the ball" - more to it?

This may have been discussed (and got lost) on the tour thread, but maybe there's more to Andy Roberts' comments than this slightly derisive line?

While Munaf's lack of pace and thus lack of striking power may be a hot topic of discussion, with some of the pro-Munaf comments missing out on the bigger picture, Roberts has said something more important- the role of the coach. Greg Chappell came to him to sort out problems with the pacers, and said that Chappell's excessive emphasis on line and length has rendered Munaf a medium-pacer unwilling to crank up his pace and lose line and length. He said that one should avoid such coaches, clearly saying Greg Chappell has had a negative influence on the pacer. Surely, this means a lot more than an unintentionally derisive comment from one of the West Indian bowling legends, doesn't it?

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This may have been discussed (and got lost) on the tour thread, but maybe there's more to Andy Roberts' comments than this slightly derisive line?

While Munaf's lack of pace and thus lack of striking power may be a hot topic of discussion, with some of the pro-Munaf comments missing out on the bigger picture, Roberts has said something more important- the role of the coach. Greg Chappell came to him to sort out problems with the pacers, and said that Chappell's excessive emphasis on line and length has rendered Munaf a medium-pacer unwilling to crank up his pace and lose line and length. He said that one should avoid such coaches, clearly saying Greg Chappell has had a negative influence on the pacer. Surely, this means a lot more than an unintentionally derisive comment from one of the West Indian bowling legends, doesn't it?

Every thing Greg Chappel did with our bowlers was serious ****.He made a mess of Irfan.
And yes,Munaf was really fast,around 140kmph.I wonder he did so well in his debut match against England but was still asked to rectify his pace,line,length,etc. by Greg.He could have been so better if he had continued on his own.

Greg Chappell was probably the worst thing to happen to Indian cricket during the 00s.........the reason why a potentially ATG side could not play to its potential

And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW

Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta

In the end, I think it's so utterly, incomprehensibly boring. There is so much context behind each innings of cricket that dissecting statistics into these small samples is just worthless. No-one has ever been faced with the same situation in which they come out to bat as someone else. Ever.

Haha yeah exactly. He'd look to the future of the Under 19s team and start bringing in youth who he could build the team around for the next 10 years. After they were established and ready to actually be of use to him though he'd discard them for the next bunch of 10 year olds, rendering the whole thing pointless.

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'Stats' is not a synonym for 'Career Test Averages'

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People go into politics to change the world. That's a bad idea. The only good reason to go into politics is to sweep government away so that the world can change itself.

Haha yeah exactly. He'd look to the future of the Under 19s team and start bringing in youth who he could build the team around for the next 10 years. After they were established and ready to actually be of use to him though he'd discard them for the next bunch of 10 year olds, rendering the whole thing pointless.

Haha yeah exactly. He'd look to the future of the Under 19s team and start bringing in youth who he could build the team around for the next 10 years. After they were established and wise enough to **** on him though he'd discard them for the next bunch of 10 year olds, rendering the whole thing pointless.

Haha yeah exactly. He'd look to the future of the Under 19s team and start bringing in youth who he could build the team around for the next 10 years. After they were established and ready to actually be of use to him though he'd discard them for the next bunch of 10 year olds, rendering the whole thing pointless.